About Eric Hoffer:
Eric Hoffer was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change was his finest work.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric HofferWe all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
Eric HofferIt is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
Eric HofferIt still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
Eric HofferAction is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.
Eric HofferThe individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
Eric HofferMan is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
Eric Hoffer